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Stephanie revealed in her OK! magazine blog it was a throwback snap taken on the day of her pregnancyshoot as she admired the large bathtub at the Shankly Hotel in Liverpool.

The brunette beauty also spoke candidly about her preparation for motherhood as she explained that she'd been particularly defensive about her baby bump.

Stephanie - who is reportedly assaulted by a stranger in May - explained: 'I don't know if it's because of everything that happened in the early stages of this pregnancy but I just want to protect him.'

Mum-to-be: Stephanie is expecting a son with ex-boyfriend Jeremy McConnell, and whilst he claims not to be the father, she said she saw a resemblance in the baby scan

The star added that her hormones had left her welling up over the slightest of incidents, but explained that the worst side effect was constant nausea.

'This is the one thing of the entire pregnancy that's proper stressing me out now,' she explained. 'It's been 4 months of not knowing what I want to eat and feeling ill every day.'

But whilst she may have been feeling under the weather, the former Hollyoaks star revealed that she hadn't let it slow her down as she'd been hard at work.

'Apart from watching my scan DVD a million more times I'll be back in the studio this week recording another song,' she admitted as she teased that she had another announcement to make in the future.

Hands off: The brunette beauty also spoke candidly about her preparation for motherhood as she explained that she'd been particularly defensive about her baby bump

Stephanie - who is due in December - is no longer with the father of her unborn child, Jeremy.

Over the course of their four-month relationship - which began during a stint on this year's Celebrity Big Brother - Jeremy and Stephanie split five times, calling an end to their romance for good in May.

Jeremy has previously disputed claims that he's the father of her child, claiming the dates don't add up, whilst Stephanie claimed that she could see the family resemblance in a 4D scan of her foetus.

Split: Stephanie - who is due in December - is no longer with the father of her unborn child, Jeremy. Over the course of their four-month relationship they split five times